By the end of this series, learners will be able to:
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Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA Kavita Fischer, MD, is a board‑certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania whose work is grounded in both clinical expertise and personal experience with gambling addiction. She is the immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, a representative to the American Psychiatric Association Assembly, and a nationally recognized public health advocate for prevention of gambling harm. Dr. Fischer also serves as a regional medical director with Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, delivering care in the emergency department at Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC.
Dr. Fischer’s story and expertise have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, NPR, and the Emmy Award–winning documentary series Fault Lines, among others. She serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Stop Predatory Gambling and writes a regular column for GamblingHarm.org - a journalistic, consumer protection outlet examining gambling harm through a public health lens.